San Juan Generating Station

The San Juan Generating Station is a coal-fired electric power plant located by its coal source, the San Juan Mine, near Waterflow, New Mexico, between Farmington and Shiprock in San Juan County, New Mexico. Its majority owner is Public Service Company of New Mexico, and other owners include Tucson Electric Power and the Farmington Electric Utility System.[1]

Aerial view of the generating station and coal mine

Units 2 and 3 (369 and 555 MW, completed in 1976 and 1979, respectively) were retired in 2017. Units 1 and 4 (also 369 and 555 MW, completed in 1973 and 1982, respectively) may be retiring in 2022, or may be kept open by a new investor.[2][3][1] The plant produced power at $45/MWh in 2018 and 2019.[4]

Aerial view of Four Corners Generating Station on Navajo Nation land (south, left) and San Juan Generating Station (north, right), separated by the San Juan River between Farmington (foreground) and Shiprock (background)

References
  1. How San Juan Generating Station went from powerhouse to possible closure
  2. Farmington announces agreement to keep San Juan Generating Station open
  3. San Juan Generating Station
  4. Haggerty, Jean (28 May 2020). "Record low solar PPAs in the Southwest mean 'carbon capture is not going to save coal plants'". pv magazine USA. Archived from the original on 28 May 2020. The San Juan plant’s cost of producing electricity averaged $44.90 per MWh in 2018 and 2019

A Modesto, CA Power company broke ties with #4 in 2017 https://www.mid.org/about/annuals/fs18/2018_MID_Auditied_Financial_Statements.pdf

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